sa grftce, 'his pardon

10. manants, from Latin maneo, meant fîrst those dwelling {nui' fientes) on a manor or estate, hence serfs, and persons of low rank or position generally. So too vilain cornes from villOf the term for a lai^ farm.

13. je ne savais pas qne le père s'intéress&t. Hère the subordinate sentence, after a verb of knowing, is subjunctive, because the principal verb is in the négative, and the speaker does not regard the subordinate sentence as stating a fact. Eve § 239 (2).